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Originally Posted by VulcanRabbi
People don't seem to know this but Phoenix doesn't represent all of AZ the moment you get much above 1,000 feet you get into very different climates so how do other places handle their extremes weather changes especially snow? Infrastructure,schools,etc and how do people cope? Also what do they think being in a part of Arizona that isn't mentioned?
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ADOT (Arizona Department Of Transportation) has snow plows with salt sprayers they use regularly around Prescott, Flagstaff, Payson and most of the state highways and interstates above 5,000 ft, I-40 from Ash Fork east to the NM state line, I-17 from 17 mile hill (which climbs the Mogollon Rim from Camp Verde) to I-40, AZ 260 from AZ 87 to Eager/Springerville, AZ 87 from Payson northward, AZ 77 from Salt River Canyon to Holbrook, US 180, US 160, AZ 264, US 89, US 89A, AZ 277, AZ 377, AZ 98, and AZ 264
A lower elevation stretch that occasionally needs plowing is US 60 between Superior and Globe where it crosses the Pinal Mountains, aptly named Top Of The World, AZ; at the Crestline gets occasional heavy shows in December and January despite being only 4,600 ft
Basically the northeastern 1/4 of the state. The one exception is US 191 (former US 666) between Blue and Alpine where it traverses the Mogollon Rim and White Mountains, which is not plowed in the winter
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